That being said, along with all those negative responses, a lot of people have also reached out to us to say they adore the game and they would love to see it succeed. Theres a fine line between being inspired by a work of art and making it your own-and straight-up. We were prepared for some backlash, but the trailer definitely reached way more people than we could ever anticipate, and all the hate and negativity coming our way has definitely had a huge impact on us. Cuphead looks great and Enchanted Portals does too. We’re both avid fans and we wanted to make something similar, but always from a place of respect and admiration for the original. PROTIP: Press the and keys to navigate the gallery, 'g' to view the gallery, or 'r' to view a random image.

“Yes, of course Cuphead was a huge inspiration for Enchanted Portals. Enchanted Portals Cuphead Controversy - Interesting. The fun-looking Cuphead-inspired game Enchanted Portals PlayEnchanted. Polygon has managed to contact Xixo for a statement on the backlash, which you can find below. Enchanted Portals is a cooperative 2D platformer made by Xixo Games Studio. The company released a brand new trailer this week for the game, showing off the art. 'Enchanted Portals is our very first game, we are both avid Cuphead fans and our idea was to make a game heavily inspired by it, not to attack it or compete with it, but to celebrate it and because we’d love to see more Cuphead-like games out there. This didn't sit well with many Cuphead fans, who took to Twitter to send angry messages to Xixo, the two-man team working on the game. Which is exactly what everyone seems to be pointing at today as the game appears to be a ripoff of Cuphead. Tbh im still disappointed with this community by how they treated this game. Take out Cuphead and switch in a different character, and you have Enchanted Portals. As ive said before, both Cuphead AND Enchanted Portals would be so much better with actual STAGES, instead of mostly back-to-back boss battles with a bunch of well animated bullet sponges. Yesterday we shared the trailer for Enchanted Portals, which for all intents and purposes, is Cuphead made by a different company.

Cuphead reaction to enchanted portals